Evidence Type: Newspaper Report
4 September 1838
STATE OF THE FEMALE FACTORY, PARRAMATTA, on Saturday, 25th August, 1838:—
Under Colonial Sentence: 348
In Solitary Confinement: 12
Confined by Order of the Matron: 0
Nursing Children: 102
Number Assignable: 100
Number not Assignable: 25
In Hospital: 36
Total number of Women: 623
Total number of Children: 141
JULIA LEACH, Matron
See Original: “Advertising,” The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 – 1848), Tuesday 4 September 1838, p.2
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